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enMobile Spy for iPhone is Watching Youhttp://www.maclife.com/article/iphone/mobile_spy_iphone_watching_you
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u286882/mobilespy380.jpg" width="380" height="112" /></p><p>If you own a smartphone--yes, even an iPhone--your private life could be about to get a lot less private, thanks to a company called <a href="http://www.mobile-spy.com/index.html" target="_self">Mobile Spy</a>, whose software allows for real-time viewing of <a href="http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/iphone_and_ipad_tips_week_text_messaging_power_user" target="_self">SMS</a> activity, instant <a href="http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/keep_campin_out_wild_your_iphone" target="_self">GPS</a> tracking and the ability to view any photos or videos taken on a handset from anywhere in the world.</p><p>Once the Mobile Spy application has been loaded onto an iPhone, anyone with internet access and the correct password can log on to the company's website and track their target phone's usage, and subsequently, the phone's user. The smartphone's user will be none the wiser to the fact that they're being watched, as unlike other <a href="http://www.maclife.com/article/news/ios_401_iphone_and_ios_321_ipad_updates_are_released" target="_self">iOS</a> apps, Mobile Spy has no icon and no leaves no trace its existence in the handset's settings.</p><p>While Mobile Spy will no doubt be a Godsend in the eyes of Corporate IT types who are responsible for ensuring that their company's employees aren't abusing their cellular phone privileges, the software could also end being a serious bummer for kids with over-protective parents or people with creepy exes that "just want to be sure that you're OK".</p><p><object width="380" height="313" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/tCwbYmOCC5A&amp;feature" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tCwbYmOCC5A&amp;feature" /></object></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Follow this article's author, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SeamusBellamy" target="_blank">Seamus Bellamy on Twitter</a></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/iphone/mobile_spy_iphone_watching_you#commentsNewsCorporate ITiPad AppsiPhone appsiPod AppsParanoiaSecuritySpy Apptinfoil hats!iPhoneMacTue, 09 Nov 2010 19:54:34 +0000Seamus Bellamy8867 at http://www.maclife.comApple Knows What You Did With Your iPhonehttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_knows_what_you_did_your_iphone
<!--paging_filter--><p>A &quot;friend&quot; of the <em>Mac|Life</em> staff decided to bite the bullet and install the iPhone OS 3.0 Monday after a developer uploaded it to a file sharing site. While being reckless with his iPhone, the person is also a bit paranoid, and decided not to partake in the app updates that made themselves available. <br /><br />The &quot;friend&quot; knows that his iTunes account is used to download updates, and he wasn't too keen on letting Apple know what he did. That lasted a whole 24-hours. <br /><br />Then yesterday he saw that Find My iPhone was live. Surely he could wait until Wednesday to test the service. <br /><br />Nope. <br /><br />Today he set up his iPhone with MobileMe and sent it a message and tracked it using Find My iPhone. Very slick and exciting. He imagined a world where he could toss his iPhone in the back of bad guy's cars and track their movements like Spiderman. <br /><br />Ten minutes after he sent his iPhone with iPhone OS 3.0 a message via Find My iPhone, our &quot;friend&quot; received the following email from Apple:</p><p><img alt="iphone" height="406" src="/files/u32/0611_findmy_600.jpg" width="600" /><br /><br />Coincidence? Or, friendly reminder to our &quot;friend&quot; that while he is a member of the Developer Connection, he's not a member of the iPhone Developer Program and therefore shouldn't have iPhone OS 3.0 on his iPhone.<br /><br />Either way, nothing has happened to his account and he still has access to Find My iPhone. He just wanted us to remind everyone that Apple knows what were all up too. </p><p>Like we said, it could just be a coincidence and or friend is a bit paranoid. Has anyone else that's updated their iPhone to OS 3.0 and used Find My iPhone experienced a similar email from Apple?</p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_knows_what_you_did_your_iphone#commentsNewsApple Inc.Developer connectioniPhone OS 3.0ParanoiaWWDC 09Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:02:49 +0000Roberto Baldwin4319 at http://www.maclife.com